Sill cambering and welding mechanism



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SILL CAIBERING AND WELDING "ECHANIS" o o o o o o 0 Qt, lllll... lllllllil lllllill lhi lnh Q\ Patented Jan. 13, 1942 SILL CW6 AND WELDING uscnsmsm William M. Bernhardt and Arthur H. Hartwig,

MichlganCI StandardCar 1. Ind assignors to Pullman- Mannfactnrlng Company. Chicage, lll.,.a corporation of Delaware Application October 6, 193$,Serlal No. 298,198

Claims.

The invention relates to means for constmctlng sills or beams to be fabricated of rolled metal sections united by welding and for cambering them to compensate for the shrinkage of the weld metal so that as the weld .metal cools the sills will become straight or be held to a predetermined minimum of camber, as desired.

Thepr'lnclpal object of the invention is to pro-- .vide a portable machine adapted to be moved from place to place in a shop for operation at locations affordingan air supply for'clamping the work or at points providing available equipment for the welding operation.

A further object is to provide a mechanism iixed for use in welding operations whereonly a portable welding head is required, but adapted to be movably mounted for use with a fixed welding head where that type of installation is available.

Another object is to provide a machine having a relatively rigid baseportion and an upper cambering beam portionthe pressure exerted by the cambering beam and the cambered work upon it being resisted by the base members.

A further object is to gauge and hold the work upon the cambering beam by means of clamps supported from the cambering beam independently of the base members, and separate controls for said positioning and securing clamps.

A further and important object is to provide a cambering machine having a rigid base member and a relatively flexible cambering member held down only at its ends by means of anchorage members yieldably secured to the base members to compensate for the movement of the cambering beam under thrust of intermediate flexing devices.

the work upon the cambering member oi the machine independently of the work-holding mechanism.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevational view showing a preferred embodiment of the beam cambering and welding machine of the invention showing the method of anchoring the work-cambering beam of the machine to the relatively rigid base members through a pivot connection and the work positioned on said beam;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; i

Fig. 3 is a vertical, sectional view of the structure taken on line 1-3 of Fig. 1 showing the method of connecting the spaced beams of the rigid base portion of the machine and mounting them upon the foundation pieces;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing, in larger detail, the application of the work endclamping cylinders and mounting of, the intermediate work side-clamping cylinders:

Fig. 5 is a detailed elevatlonal' view of the work end-clamping cylinder assembly;

Fig. 6 is a similar viewof one of the intermediate work side-clamping cylinder assemblies;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the air supply line system for controlling the end or side-clamping cylinders; I

Fig. 8 is an elevational view of the same showing the disposition of the cylinder controls;

Fig. 91s avicw similartoFlg.1 shcwingthe cambering and welding machine mounted upon trucks for moving the work for welding with fixed welding heads;

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal, sectional view through one of beam cam-bering double-wedge assemblies arranged transversely of the machine and disposed between the base members and cambering beam of the machine for adjusting the beam to the camber desired;

Fig. 10' is an end view of the beam cambering double-wedge assembly;

Fig. 11 shows one side of one end of the cambering beam of the machine fitted with a work-positioning roller assembly designed to be received between the front and rear draft gear stops of a car sill member for adjustment of the work upon the cam-boring beam of the machine;

Fig. 12 is an end view of the work-positioning roller assembly shown in Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is a plan view of a section of the removable catwalk arranged upon opposite sides of the machine, detachably secured to the machine base members in position shown in Fig. 14;

Fig. 14 shows an end view of the catwalk section supported at one side of one of the adjacent base beam members of the machine;

Figs. 15, 16 and 17 show, respectively, a top,

I side elevational and end view of the catwalk supporting brackets;

Fig. 18 is the hinge-eye for detachably securing the catwalk supporting-brackets to the base beam;

Fig. 19 is a plan view of the cambering beam showing the filler strip for supporting the copper welding bar shown in Fig. 10; and

Fig. 20 is a vertical section through the cambering beam showing the relatively wide stiffening plate secured to the bottom chord flanges of the 'beam and the application of the web stiffener brackets and the bottom chord flange supporting In said drawings, ll represents the cambering and welding machine as a whole; II the base beams; I 2 the foundation members; and II the superposed flexing or cambering beam. As best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the cambering beam is pivotallysecured at both its ends to respectively adjacent ends of base beams II. by means of anchar pieces ll and II secured, respectively, to

cambering and base beams and connected by pins II removably entered in eyes ll of the anchor pieces. To provide for variations in the length of the cambering beam It, the eyes I! of the anchor piece II on one end of the base beam ar preferably elongated to allow for -rela-,.

tive compensating movement of the cambering beam under flexing operations. As shown in Figs. 19 and 20, the flexing beam II is reinforced along its unckrside and for its full length by a relatively wide stiffening plate 20 secured to bottom chord flanges II of the flexing beam and ,adapted to be flexed with said beam under cambering operations. The web portion ll of the beamis reinforced by stiflening brackets ll secured, preferably by welding, to the web and at spaced intervals throughout the length of the beam to prevent possible buckling thereof under flexing. The outwardly extending portions 8 of the brackets are shaped for neat flt between the upper chord flanges I of the beam and bottom chord flanges II to prevent distortion and extend beyond the edges of the beam flanges for a P rpose to. be hereinafter described.

his base members II are secured to and mounted upon foundation pieces I! arranged transversely thereof at intervals throughout the beam length and upon which the base members are held in spaced relation by connecting angleties 22 disposed at points along the beam length,

top and bottom, between the foundation pieces.

cambering devices at points intermediate the beam ends, and the entire assembly may be moved as a unitary structure from one location in the shop to another.

For the purpose of flexing superposed beam II to produce therein a camber of the extent desired, double-acting wedge assemblies on the order of that shown in Figs. 10 and 10' are disposed between base beams II and cambering beam II at points preferably, as indicated in Fig. l, at the center of the beam assembly and one each side of the center. The beams H at the wedge positions are fitted with wedge bottom slide portions ll formed to rest upon the upper side of the base beams ii, the bottom faces being undercut, as at II, to straddle the respective beams to which they are rigidly secured, preferably by welding, as at 29. The upper surfaces of these slides are inclined, as at II, from the outer edges 33 at the outer sides of the beams upwardly at approximately 15 to a vertical plane the beams and horizontally thence, as at fl, to their inner ends 35. The slide portions 30 are supported upon the respective beams II with their inner ends 35 spaced apart to admit between them a yoke piece 36 secured between the side wall portions 31 of a top slide assembly 3! attached to the cambering beam iii. The top slide assembly complements the lower slide portions ill through the medium of opposing top slide portions It secured between side wall channel pieces ll rigidly secured to the underside of cambering beam l3 preferably by rivets it through flanges I! of the wall members and bottom chord flanges II 'and stiffening plate 20, as best shown in Fig. 10. The top slide portions Ill, lik the lower slides 30, are spaced apart transversely of the beam to receive between them the guide yoke 36 secured to wall members 31. The slide portions 40 are preferably welded along their side edges to the wall members 31, as at 3!, Fig. 10, and extend outwardly from the opposite sides of yoke piece 38 horizontally for a short distance, as at N, thence upwardly, as at ll, to respectively opposite ends of the wall members 31 with a slope of approximately 15. The opposing slide portions 32 and 45 together provide engaging faces for wedge nuts ill having upper and lower slide-engaging faces #6 and "I adapted-to traverse respectively adjacent flxed slides under thrust of propelling screw rod 48 formed with a pair of retaining collars I! spaced apart with a shaft portion ll between them and designed respectively to engage the side edges I! and inner faces 53 of side arms 54 of yoke ll. The rod 48, from cUllars ll outwardly towards the respective rod end portions, is reversely threaded to provide rlght-handthreaded portion II and left-hand threaded portion 58 for engagement with internally tapped bores Ill in the respective wedge nuts 80. The ends of the shaft are polygonal in form, as at 58. to facilitate operation by means of a socket wrench or the like.

In operation, the shaft I8 is rotated in one direction to cause the nuts 50 to move inwardly upon inclined planes 3! and 45 to exert a thrust upwardly to cambering beam i3 through medium of side wall channel members I! the upper flanges 43 of which bear against the underside of cambering beam stiffening plate 20 secured to lower chord flanges II of the beam to flex said beam to the extent of the camber desired. During this operation, the shaft will rise an amount determined by the travel of the nuts ll upon the bottom slides 32--the intermediate shaft portion Bl moving in the space between guiding faces ll of yoke arms 5!, the retaining collars I! of the shaft moving along adjacent side edges 52 against which they bear to resist longitudinal displacement of the shaft under load reactions of the cambered beam i3 upon the supporting nuts 50. To reduce the camber of beam it or restore the beam to its normal condition without camber, the shaft 48 is rotated in the opposite direction so that the cambering nuts Bl will move outwardly towards respective outer edges of inclined faces 32 and I! to permit the whole upper wedge assembly 38 to drop an extent determined by amount of camber it is necessary to overcome in order to restore the beam to its normal, straight condition. It may be desirable to provide recesses 59 at the inner ends of slides Ill and 40 to receive the collars 09 when the beam I! has been relieved of its camber upon adiacent the inner edges of the top flanges of retraction of nuts 50 outwardly of the assembly bars.

normal.

Cambering beam I3 is also designed to permit welding of the parts making up the beams to be fabricated thereonin this case, two Z-bar members 69 disposed with their ,up er flanges I directed towards each other and with their edges in position to be united by welding and with their lower flanges II directed outwardly, the web portions 12 extending vertically between them-all as clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The welding of the sill members 59 is eflected by arc welding machines-either portable or fixed-employing a welding head I00 of an approved type fltted with electrodes IOI which move, when an arc is struck, to liberate welding metal in'the space along the line of juncture of the upper flanges II to provide a seam l3 rigidly uniting the members 80 to form a rigid beam structure of the type disclosed in Shaver Patent No. 2,122,159, of June 28, 1938. a For this purpose, the cambering beam upper portion is fitted with retaining strips 80 of a ferrous metal removably secured to upper flanges 0 of the beam for holding a welding bar 8|, of copper or other. nonferrous metal, between them for supporting the work during the welding operation, the use of the bar of non-ferrous metal being necessary to prevent adhesion of the supporting bar to the work. To avoid excessive use of copper in the conductor bar OI for supporting the work, the

are brought for assembling on the and welding machine. The sill members 00 having been mounted upon the beam I3, they are bar is made shallow and a removable filler bar I2 is used to support the conductor bar; and, since the depth of the copper bar BI is dependent upon the character of the work to be welded, the depth of the filler bar 02 would vary accordingly, and the bar is therefore not fastened to the beam I3 but merely held in position withthe conductor bar by the retaining strips 00 to-facilitate removal or application of either of said The work to be welded-in the present embodiment a car sill-is placed upon the conductor bar ll, the top surface of which is arranged at a level slightly above that of the retaining strips 80 flanking the bar so that the upper flanges 10 of the Z-bar sill members 89 will rest upon the conductor bar only and with their undersides free of contact with the meta of the retaining strips.

Bill members 69, of the type indicated, are customarily fitted with front and rear draft stops II and 92 applied to the inner faces of members 00 adjacent the ends of the sill members as shown in Fig. l. The sills 69 in this flgure are represented as of three different lengths-all of them, of course, being of less length than the cambering beam I3 and are indicated to show the variations in position of the draft stops 9| and 02 within a given distance on the cambering beam I! so that, within the range of positions of the stops on the longest and shortest sills of standard lengths apt to be welded on the machine, the upper flanges 8 of the beam II are cut away to a depth adjacentthe welding bar retaining strips 80, as best shown in Fig. 5, and for a substantial distance along the beam from each end thereof, 17 4" in the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 19 at 80; and since the ends of the sills upon opposite sides of the center are identical, but one end thereof is indicated. The flanges 0 are thus cut away to permit passage of the draft stops 0| and 92 which normally project from the inner faces of the webs of the respective sill members 89 in order that the stops may be applied to the sills before they secured thereon against displacement during the cambering and welding operation by pressure devices hereinafter described.

The sill members 89 are held at their ends upon beam I3 by air clamps of the type shown in-Fig. 5 which operate to hold down the sill ends and at points intermediate their endsbyside-pressure clamps of the type shown in Fig. 6 The and clamps are'operated by anair cylinderA secured against movement on supporting brackets I05 fixed to and depending fromothe, underside of cambering beam I3 anddisposed betweenrbase beam members II ofg the machine ..-as"indicated in Figs. -1 and 5. The cylinder supporting bra'ckets I505 are removably secured-to.the'zunderside of beam I 3 .by means ,of bolts .through bolt'o'penings I06 provided for. themat various positions along the beam: in; the stifiening-plate; :2 and lower, flanges-2L0! the beam-in 'orderwthat'jthe position of the endcylindersaimaybe'shiited to a point determined by the. length ofthe-sills to beworked upon so that in all-present standard lengths of sills the clamping mechanism may be positioned at the endsj'of. the sills. The cylinders A .are also removably securedby bolts to depending portions II]; of brackets, I05 to facilitate adjustment of cylinder and clamp position to the work. i 1 The cylinders A areprovided with pistons I00 having Jaw portions providing a loose joint I09 for. two clamp levers III supported at fulcrums III on spaced channel brackets I I2 asshown in Fig.f5,; t he brackets being secured to underside of beam I3 at points between cylinder supporting brackets I05, as shown in Fig. l. .Thefclamp levers H0, at theirrespective' outer (ends, are

pivotally connected at H3 to lower ends of adjacent sill hold-down clampingbars III formed at their upper ends with shoulder portions H5 arranged to overlie the upper flanges I0 of respectively 'ad acent sill members 69 and with intermediate portions, shaped to provide shoulder portons IIG, disposed to overlie the outwardly extending lower flanges II. The movement during operation of these clamping bars Ill is up and down under thrust of clamp-operating levers III; therefore, to retain the clamping bars, with their hold-down shoulders H5 and H6, in position respectively to engage the upper and lower flanges of the sill members, the bars are held from outward movement by connecting members II'I removably attached to upper end portions of the bars by means of pins H8, or otherwise, during the cambering and welding operation and disconnected from one of the bars upon completion of the operation, allowing the bars to move outwardly from the work to permit removal of w the completed sill from the machine.

To prevent distortion of the; sill members. 69 in the cambering operation under thrust of the end clamps Ill and to prevent separation of the Joint between the top flanges 10 of the sill members during the welding period, the members are held from dsplacement laterally and the flanges retained in position for welding by means of side clamping assemblies of the type indicated in Fig. 6 and operating under pressure of air cylinders 13 supported between the base beams II and arranged at intervals along the machine. In the present embodiment, eight of these assemblies are used and may be shifted from one position to another along the length of the beam according to the length of the sill members to be operated upon. Since the only function of these assemblies is to prevent lateral displacement of the work at points intermediate the end hold-down clamp positions. the assembly operating air cylinders B may be smaller than the cylinders A operating the end clamps performing the relatively heavy task of cambering the sill members and thus holding them during the welding operation. The cylinders B are pivotally supported on fulcrums I on depending leg portions I2I proiecting downwardly-from gripping arm brackets I22 removably secured to the underside of camberlng beam I3 and stiffening plate 20 by means of bolts extending through openings I22 in the beam and stiffening plate, as best shown in Fla. 1!. The brackets I22, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, are spaced apart in pairs to receive between them the gripping arms I having their fulcrums I26 in pedestal portions I24 on the brackets, the pedestals projecting upwardly from the beam underlying portions of the brackets at opposite side edges of the beam stiffening plate 20, as best shown in Fig. 6'.

bers I2! at their outer ends. as at I30. The link members are connected together at their inner ends and to the laws III of cylinder pistons I02 by pins III to provide a floating joint between said arms I25 and respective pistons I02 by virtue of the swiveling connection between the assembly supporting-brackets I22 and the air cylinders 13 fulcrumed to them, whereby the links I26, gripping arms I25 and cylinders may adjust themselves to possible variations in the placement of the work on the machine and travel of the arms to insure contact of the sill-gripping abutments I20 on said arms and the work. The links I26 are normally inclined so that upon upward movement of the pistons I32, under pressure, the links will be placed in compression under thrust of the pistons I22 to force the depending portions of the arms I25 outwardly to cause rotation thereof upon their fulcrums I26 to move abutments I20 against the work. To properly gauge the space between the inner faces of the webs 12 to predetermined standard, to resist possible yielding movement or displacement of the sill members under pressure of gripping arm abutment thrusts, the outwardly extending portions 8 of brackets I0 may be extended outwardly beyond the edges of the beam flanges for engagement with the webs 12, or similar brackets may be provided for the same purpose that could be removably secured to the beam and shifted from one position on the beam I3 to another depending upon the length of the sill members operated upon. To support the sill member lower flanges II under pressure from the end hold-down clamping bars II4, blocks I34 are secured at spaced intervals on stiffening Mal iii ar :jment the edges of lower flanges 2I of beam I3 and of a height to insure positive engagement with the sill member flanges 1| throughout the -"..ez11bering movements of beam I3, all as best shown in Figs. 6, 19 and 20.

. silly 7 cured to opposite sides of the web l8 and provided with outwardly projecting shim brackets I for supporting relatively high and low rollers I42 and I43 at the forward ends of the plates. Similar brackets I44 for supportin other like rollers I45 and I46 are provided at the rear ends of said plates, the lower rollers I43 and I46 at the respective front and rear ends of the plate being so disposed that the overall distance over such rollers does not exceed the distance between the abutment faces of the'front and rear draft stops II and 62 on the sill members so that the sill members 66 will rest upon the cambering beam with the abutment faces of the draft stops on one sill member in precise alignment longitudinally with abutment faces of the draft stops on the companion sill member. To guide the sill members 66 during the operation of mounting them upon the beam, the plates I40 are further equipped with guide brackets I41 formed with sloping faces I40 positioned above and substantially tangent to rollers I42 at the forward ends of the plates and similar brackets I49, with sloping faces I50 above and substantially tangent to adjacent rollers I45, at the rear ends of the plates, so that the draft stops will first contact bracket faces I50 before engaging the respectively adjacent rollers. By this method of assembling, the alignment of the stops at one and of the sill members 69 will automatically insure alignment of similar stops at the opposite ends of said members.

For the sill clamping operation, pressure cylinders B, arranged in series, are supplied with air from supply lines I and I II controlled by a three-way valve I62 of any approved make. The cylinders are operated simultaneously, and the air is supplied to one side of the pistons I22 or the other depending upon the direction of movement of the control handle I62 on the valve I62, as will be understood. The end clamping cylinders A are separately operated for safety and are fed by a separate supply line I64 controlled by three-way valves I65 and I66, respective y, all as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

To facilitate the operation of mounting the tion being mounted on supports I12 formed, preferably as shown in Figs. 15, 16 and 17, of pressed channel pieces having a web portion I13, and upper and lower flange portions I14 and I 15, with abutment flange I16 for bearing engagement with the supporting webs 24 of base beams II of the machine. The boards III are bolted to the upper flanges I14 of the desired number of brackets I 12 required for each section, four in the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 13. To the web 24 are applied hinge eyes ill of substantially U-shape with leg portions i '18 and it connecting portion I19, as shown in Fig, 18. The eyes are secured to the beams preferably by welding the ends of the leg portions to the web 24 of the beams I I, as indicated in 13.

The platform Suppl; formed at their inner iBil designed to engage in the recesses I8I on the hue H1 that i we the eye ats in posttion with rear flanges I16 resting against the beam web 24. To permit attachment of the bracket hooks I80 to the hinge eyes, the brackets at the hook position are recessed at I82 inwardly of the plane of bearing face of flange I16 by an amount approximating the depth of hook socket I in order to prevent sagging of the brackets to insure uniform height of platforms from the floor at their edge portions. To detach from the hinge eyes, the platforms are tilted upwardly un til the beveled portions I83 of recess I 82 on the brackets engage the beam wall 24, at which time the portions I18 will have been freed of the hook recesses I82 then lifted upwardly to clear the hinge eym.

The machine described has demonstrated its usefulness in the cambering and welding of center sill members for railway cars. It may be mounted upon trucks C and D, as shown in Fig. 9, when used with welding gantries in flxed locations, or upon the floor under its own weight without the necessity for tying down to insure stability when it is to be used with portable welding equipment.

Obviously, various modifications could be made in the machine to accommodate work of different character than that for which the present embodiment is adapted, and it is intended that the appended claims be construed to cover other forms of the machine within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

l. A beam fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, anchorage means yieldably connecting the ends of said beam to said base portion and adapted to compensate for variations in the length of said beam when cambered, a welding bar operatively superposed on said beam, pressure devices intermediate the beam ends for flexing said beam, and other pressure devices for clamping the work to the beam and bar for welding.

2. A beam fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, means connecting the ends of said beam to said base portion, a welding bar operatively superposed on said beam, pressure devices carried by said base portion intermediate the beam ends for flexing the beam and said welding bar, and other pressure devices carried by said beam for clamping the work to said beam and bar.

3. A beam fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, means connecting the ends of said beam to said base portion, a welding bar removably superposed on said beam, pressure devices intermediate the beam ends for flexing said beam and welding bar, and other pressure devices carried by said beam for cambering and clamping the work on said bar for welding.

4. A beam fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, means pivotally connecting the ends of said beam to the base portion, a welding bar operatively secured to said beam, pressure wedge devices supported at spaced intervals along said base portion intermediate the beam ends for flexing said beam and bar and operable severally, complementary assembly portions on said beam for respectively engaging said wedges, and separate pressure devices carried by said beam and operable independently of said first pressure means for clamping the work to said beam and welding bar.

5. A beam fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, means yieldably connecting the ends of said beam to the base portion, a welding bar operatively secured to said beam, manually operable pressure devices intermediate the beam ends for flexing said beam and welding bar, hold-down clamping means for cambering the work to said beam and welding bar, work side clamping means, and air cylinders supported by said beam for operating said clamping means.

6. A beam fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, a welding bar operatively secured to said beam, means pivotally connecting the ends of said beam to the base portion, manually operable pressure devices intermediate the beam ends for flexing said beam and welding bar, hold-down clamping means for cambering the work and welding bar, work side clamping means, relatively fixed power cylinders for operating the hold-down clamping means, and pivotally hung power cylinders for operating said work side clamping means, said power cylinders being all of them supported by said beam.

7. A beam fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, means pivotaliy connecting the ends of said beam to the base portion, a welding bar operatively secured to said beam, manually operable pressure devices intermediate the beam ends for flexing said beam and welding bar, holddown clamping means for cambering the work and welding bar, work side clamping means, relatively fixed power cylinders for operating the hold-down clamping means, and pivotally hung power cylinders for operating said work side clamping means, said power cylinders being all of them removably supported by said beam.

8. A beam fabricating machine having a rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, a welding bar operatively secured to said beam, means pivotally connecting the ends of said beam to the base portion, and manually operable pressure devices intermediate the beam ends for flexing said beam and welding bar, said devices comprising each a pair of opposing wedge nuts, an actuating shaft common to said nuts, and upper and lower sloping faces engaging respectively the upper and lower sides of said nuts, said nuts being adapted upon rotation of the actuating shaft in one direction to approach each other to flex said beam upwardly into respect to said rigid base portion of the machine and upon rotation of said shaft in the reverse direction to propel said nuts away from each other to restore said beam to normal position with respect to said base portion.

9. In a sill fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a cambering beam pivotally secured at its ends to said base portion, a welding bar operatively superposed on said beam, pressure devices intermediate the beam ends for flexing said beam and welding bar, gauging means on said beam for guiding the work to an operative position on said beam and welding bar, and work clamping means for holding the work to said bar during the welding operation.

10. In a sill fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a cambering beam pivotally secured at its ends to said base portion, a welding bar operativcly superposed on said beam, pressure devices intermediate the beam ends foaflexing said beam and welding bar, and gauging means on the beam for guiding the work engaging rollers at the front and rear end portions of the respective'platea and guiding brackets respectively adjacent said rollers and formed with inclined work deflecting faces disposed in approximate tangential relation with respectively adjacent rollers.

11. In a beam fabricating machine having a relatively rigid base portion and a work cambering beam, means connecting the ends of said beam to the base portions, a welding bar operainders.

tively secured to said beam, pressure devices manually operable between the beam ends for flexing said beam and welding bar, hold-down clamping means for cambering the work and work side clamping means for holding the work in position for welding on said bar, air cylinders supported by said beam foroperating said clamping means, said hold-down clamping air cylinders being operable separately and independently of the work side clamping cylinders, and means in the air supply line for controlling said cyl- WILLIAM M. BERNHARDT. ARTHUR H. HAR'I'WIG.

CERTIFICATE OF COIRREC'TIION. Patent No. 2,269,75h.

of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 5, sec- 0nd column, line 52, claim 8, for "into" read --with--; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this" correction therein that the same 'may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 3rd day of March, A. D. 191;,2.

Henry Van Arsdale, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents.

CER'I'IFICKI'E 0F CORRECTION. Patent No. 2,269,75h.

of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Pa I 0nd column, line 52, claim 8, for "into" read -with--; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the sam may conform to the record of the case in the Pateni: Office.

Signed and sealed this rd day of March, A. D. 19h2.

Henry Van Arsdale (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

